John William Jones

Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume John William Jones

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1879. Excerpt: ... over the spotless shields," and with imperious love claims a fealty no less devoted in these days of peace. I claim no vision of seer or prophet, yet I fancy that even now I descry the faint dawn of that day which thousands wait on with expectant eyes; when all this land--still the fairest on the globe-- this land which has known so long what old Isaiah termed the "dimness of anguish"--shall grow glad again in the broad sunlight of prosperity, and from Alleghany to Chesapeake shall resound the hum and stir of busy life; when yonder noble roadstead, where our iron-clad "Virginia" revolutionized the naval tactics of two continents, shall be whitened by many a foreign sail, and you, her children, shall tunnel those grand and hoary mountains, whose every pass Lee and "old Stonewall" have made forever historic by matchless skill and daring. Thus, comrades, assured of her heroic past, stirred by a great hope for her future, may we to-night re-echo the cry of Richmond on Bosworth field; "Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives ajrain; That she may long live here, God say amen!" The following officers were elected: President--General W. H. F. Lee. Vice-Presidents--General Robert Ransom, General Harry Heth, General A. L. Long, General William Terry and Captain D. B. McCorkle. Treasurer--Major Robert Stiles. Secretaries--Sergeants George L. Christian and Leroy S. Edwards. Executive Committee--General B. T. Johnson, Colonel Thomas H. Carter, Major T. A. Brander, Major W. K. Martin, Private Carlton McCarthy. THE BANQUET. After the exercises in the capitol, the Association and their invited guests assembled at a splendid banquet spread in the spacious dining room of the Saint Claire Hotel. In response to toasts, eloquent and thrilling speeches were made by General T. M. Logan, Captain James La...